Re: ESTOP vs E's GONE sensor...

Gee ,... that would mean I would have to stand there looking at the
mill,.....couldn't wander off, ..... go watch TV , take a nap. Sounds
like a good way to keep the mill operater at the machine though.

Frank

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Doug Fortune <pentam@c...> wrote:
>
> I've been thinking about the previous postings
> regarding hitting a convenient ESTOP button, when
> you'd rather be running for the door!
>
> How about this idea: A sensor (maybe one of those
> 60" sensing ultrasonic Polaroid-type emitter-sensors)
> hooked up to the ENABLE.
>
> Maybe even simpler is one of those 'entranceway mats'
> with pressure switches in them. When you're standing
> on it, you're ENABLED.
>
> Then if something bad happens and you duck out of the
> way, or bolt for the door, the sensor detects your
> absence and shuts things down.
>
> The big thing is that you don't have to remember to do
> anything, just run (which is your natural tendency anyway).
>
> That might save 1 or 2 valuable seconds.
>
> Doug Fortune
> http://www.cncKITS.com